Peru and International Investment Agreements: Legal and Institutional Challenges Under a Business and Human Rights Perspective

The purpose of this chapter is to analyze Peru’s constitutional and legal protections of international investment agreements and how its application by national authorities affect human rights, particularly of vulnerable groups. The chapter then assesses the possible impact that business and human rights and the possible accession of the country as an OECD member might foster legal and institutional change so that Indigenous and rural communities do not keep suffering the burden of economic development.